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We Should Build Arcades On The Street
Kris Temmerman lives in a combined shopfront/apartment in Antwerp. Last November, with the shopfront empty, he decided to put it to good use, installing a custom arcade rig and coding a simple video game for people to stop and play. Not for money, just for fun. The best part is that he’s released the design…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2014 -
Remember The Dead With These Video Game Tombstones
Squish. Squish. Squish. To you, they’re nothing but obstacles, but each one of those Goombas you crushed had a life. Loves. Someone to remember them by. Someone to bury them, pay for a tombstone and mourn for them. Chinook Crafts sell these fantastic little video game tombstones, commemorating those we’ve vanquished during our digital travels…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
What Fight Club Looks Like When Brad Pitt Is Taken Out
If you’ve ever wondered what Fight Club would have looked like to everyone else in the movie, visual effects artist Richard Trammell has you covered. He’s digitally removed Brad Pitt from one of the movie’s key scenes, so that we can all see how crazy Ed Norton really was. Has it really been 14 years?…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
“Sexy” Transformers Costumes Dare To Be Stupid
Sexy Bumblebee. Sexy Optimus Prime. Sexy Megatron. Those are the actual product names for these actual products. I mean, deep down, I know there’s a sexual market for anything. This is a big ball of dirt we live on, and people are into all kinds of shit. But 80s Megatron? Does this get your juices…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
Candy Crush Wants To Claim The Word “Candy” For Games And Stuff
The people who made Candy Crush think they now own the word Candy, at least when it comes to games and a bunch of merchandise. How adorable. Seems that in February 2013, the game’s makers – King.com – submitted a trademark application for the word. One that on January 15 2014 was approved for publication…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
Now These Are Some Next-Gen Visuals
The uncanny valley might be a problem for video games featuring living characters, but cars? The better gaming hardware gets, the better these shiny motor vehicles look. To the point where I think I like these video game cars better than the real thing. These shots from the upcoming Project Cars are so damn shiny.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
Tetris Is So Much Harder With A Little Mario Mixed In
Scaffold Now makes me angry and I love it. From freeware designer Kenta Cho, Scaffold Now is what happens when you combine Tetris-like puzzle drops and strategic platforming. The result is an addictive yet infuriating hybrid of a game. See how long you can last before being crushed like a bug or falling behind. Play…
By Chris Person Published January 20, 2014 -
A Montage Of Movie Characters Saying ‘Is That What I Think It Is?’
Yes, Beatrix, that is what you think it is. “Is that what I think it is?” is a good (and often overused) line because it suggests so much. Whatever object/thing is about to be revealed, it’s something with enough renown that the character speaking already has an idea of what it is. But it’s also…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2014 -
My Dream Nintendo Doesn’t Make Home Consoles
Sometimes, when I’m lying awake in bed, I dream about Nintendo. And how great it would be if they didn’t make home consoles anymore. Before we go any further: this isn’t a “I’m going to tell Nintendo what to do” kind of post. The company’s been making hardware – and money – for longer than…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 -
Reporter Apologizes For Crude Sexual Comments To Female Game Developer
Reporter Josh Mattingly has apologized for making “inappropriate” comments to a female game developer after they were made public earlier today, saying he was drunk. Earlier this afternoon, game designer Laralyn McWilliams posted a blurred Facebook conversation from January 18 in which a male reporter asked a female game developer—a friend of McWilliams—about an unannounced…
By Jason Schreier Published January 20, 2014 -
Yes, You Can Punch Birds In GTA V
Why would you want to punch a bird in GTA? Because it’s both kind of difficult to do, and because it’s funny, that’s why. Bird punching isn’t the only thing that DefendTheHouse discovers is possible in GTA V in this mythbuster video. You can, for example, land a fighter jet upside down…assuming you have the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 20, 2014 -
Eight Bearded Clones Sing Secret of Mana Theme
It’s been a little while since we last posted an a cappella video-game arrangement from Mr. Smooth McGroove, but that doesn’t mean the bearded bard hasn’t been banging out new material. His latest is “Into the Thick of It” from the SNES classic Secret of Mana, originally composed by Hiroki Kikuta. It’s awfully lovely. Makes…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2014 -
I’d Play This
With the right mods, you can turn Skyrim into almost anything. Even, it seems, a Legend of Zelda game. We’ve posted before about ways to recreate Nintendo’s famous green-clad adventurer in the latest Elder Scrolls game but intrepid Redditor Promarksman117 managed to place an impressive version of Link on his PC. Promarksman117 says that there…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 20, 2014 -
Now This Is An Impressive Jenga Move
Watch as YouTuber Kaleb Vidal successfully pulls off a Jenga move that most of us have only ever pondered trying. I can’t help but think of Dr. Peter Venkman: “And the flowers are still standing!” [Via Viral Viral Videos]
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2014 -
New Half-Life 2 Mod Is So Spooky I Can’t Even Aim Anymore
Estranged: Act I, a free mod for Half-Life 2, recently made its way to Steam. I turned out the lights and plugged in my headphones to try and answer the question: Could this tense atmospheric mod spook me? Horror films rarely scare me. Although I can get engrossed in a film, they’ve always been too…
By Leo Wichtowski Published January 20, 2014 -
I’m Still Not Ready To Introduce My Three-Year-Old To Video Games Yet
Broken Age almost made me violate one of my golden rules about kids and video games. I almost let my daughter watch me play it. Friends and family have asked my opinion on when to let little Jenny or Johnny start controlling virtual figures on a screen ever since I started writing about video games.…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 20, 2014 -
Sketchy Promo Plan Pays YouTubers For Positive Xbox One Coverage
A new Machinima promotion offers YouTubers cash in exchange for positive coverage of the Xbox One, opening up a whole host of questions about journalistic ethics in the world of YouTube personalities. It started on Saturday, when word leaked on NeoGAF that the video group Machinima had sent out e-mails to their clients offering cash…
By Jason Schreier Published January 20, 2014 -
‘I Bought My Boyfriend Call of Duty So [Our] Breakup Will Be Easier’
The last time we took a look at Whisper—a popular app that allows users to post text and photos with confessions—we saw that it was full of dissatisfied young women who get ignored by their significant others because of games. But that’s not the only type of secret that people share on the service. Some…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 20, 2014
